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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Favorite Goodies

Well, if you know me at all you know I love anything full of sugar.  I'll admit that sugar is my weakness.  But really I don't love everything full of sugar I just love homemade goodies full of sugar!  Here are a few of my favorite recipes that happen to be full of sugar.   (I really wish I had this many favorite vegetable recipes!)

Favorite Cookie Recipe- I can't pick which one I like better so you get both!

 Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Brandy Bond

These are my favorite cookies ever!  The recipe is based on Grandma Biggs’ Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.

Ingredients:

1 C. Butter
1 C. Sugar
½ C. Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Baking Soda
¼ tsp. Salt
2 C. Oatmeal
3 C. Flour
1 ½ C. Chocolate Chips

Instructions:

Place the oven rack near the top of the oven.  Preheat oven to 375˚ to 400˚.
Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and eggs. 
Add vanilla mix.  Add baking soda, salt and oatmeal, mix.  Add flour and then chocolate chips. 
Drop cookies on to cookie sheet. 
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden on peaks and edges.  Let cool for 30 seconds before transferring them to a cooling rack. 




Cornflake Cookies

Thomas Family: Ketchikan, Alaska

I first fell in love with this cookie when my family stayed at a fishing lodge in Ketchikan, Alaska in 1995.  The family that owned the lodge was kind enough to give us the recipe and I have been making them ever since. 

Ingredients:

1 C. Butter
¼ tsp. Salt
1 C. Sugar
1 C. Coconut-Optional
1 C. Brown Sugar
2 C. Rolled Oats
2 Eggs
2 ½ C. Flour
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 C. Cornflakes
¼ tsp. Baking Soda

 

Instructions:

Place the oven rack near the top of the oven.  Preheat oven to 375˚ to 400˚.
Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and eggs. 
Add vanilla mix.  Add baking soda, salt, coconut and oatmeal, mix.  Add flour mix; and then add cornflakes. 
Drop cookies on to cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-11 minutes until golden on peaks and edges.  Let cool for 30 seconds before transferring them to a cooling rack. 



Favorite Pie Recipe-

Cream Pie  

Knighten Family
This is a recipe that has been handed down for many generations in the Knighten family. It is not your regular fluffy and light cream pie it is very dense and rich tasting.  Grandpa Knighten has told us the story of when he was a boy he would see his grandmother making this pie in a huge pie pan that one could barely wrap their arms around.  And when she dotted it with butter she used about a pound of butter!

Ingredients:

1 ¼ C. Sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 C. Flour
1 ½ Pints Half and Half
Dash of Salt
1 tsp. Nutmeg
1 unbaked pie crust
Butter

 

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together except butter and nutmeg.  (No mixer required just a spoon or a whisk.)  Pour into an uncooked pie crust. 
Sprinkle 1 tsp. Nutmeg over pie and dot with about 2 Tbs. Butter cut into small pieces.
Bake in a 375˚ oven for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the middle comes out clean. Serve hot or cold.

Favorite Brownie Recipe-

Frosted Marshmallow Brownies

http://bakingblonde.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/frosted-marshmallow-brownies/

Ingredients:

¾ C. Butter
1 ½ C. Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 1/3 C. Flour
½ tsp. Baking Powder
½ tsp. Salt

3 Tbs. Unsweetened Cocoa
3-4 C. Mini Marshmallows

Instructions:

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla beat until fluffy.In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa. Stir to combine. Add the flour mixture to creamed mixture. spread in greased 9×13 pan.Bake at 350 for 17-20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with marshmallows, return to oven 2-3 mintues, or just until marshmallows are soft.
Remove from oven. Using a knife dipped in water spread the metled marshmallows evenly over bars.

Frosting:

6 Tbs. Butter
6 Tbs. Milk
1 ¼ C. Sugar

½ C. Mini Marshmallows or 5 Large
½ C. Chocolate Chips
Combine butter, milk and Sugar in medium saucepan and melt over med-low heat. Stir constantly until combined. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Add marshmallows and chocolate chips. Stir until marshmallows and chips are melted.  Remove from heat. Allow to cool and thicken slightly. Pour and spread over marshmallows on bars.
Allow to cool before cutting and serving.

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